My Verbal Frustrations

[AlbertVOligh]

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I just feel the need to vent because I'm scoring 9 on verbal and I can't budge it up at all. If it wasn't so frustrating, it would actually be comical how I score 9 on the dot in every practice test either AAMC or EK EVERY SINGLE TIME. Even on verbal passages I retake, I get a 9 if I got a 9 on the first try. I get the same number wrong, just different questions wrong.

I use the EK method of the main idea, but I end up still missing like 9-10 total questions within the entire section. I use process of elimination heavily, and I try to get the author's opinion. I rephrase the question into something more reasonable and I try to find the answer from there. I analyze my tests by keeping track of the questions on a spreadsheet to see if there's a pattern to the type of question I'm missing ... and there is none. I used to passage map and I scored like 4-6.

Does anyone have ANY suggestions to just buy me an extra point? Have I peaked? Am I overthinking this stuff? I would be so happy if I could just get a 10 on test day. I feel my science game is strong already.

Thanks 🙂

 

[BB8730]

Practice! Also, make sure you've read these:

Vihsadas Verbal Guide- http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=6022602&postcount=96
BloodySurgeon Verbal Guide - http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=509702

Don't stress out too much about it. Keep practicing and make sure you're at the top of your game on test day. You can do it. 🙂

 

[Medical Muse]

It is possible to get that extra point. What helped me breakthrough that plateau was always picking the answer choice closest to the main idea. I often found that when I narrowed it down to two answers, I'd end up going with the wrong one. I realized that I could find something like the wrong answer in the text, but the right answer just wasn't anywhere to be found. Instead of being led astray, I went with my gut.

Try and relax too. The more you stress about it, the harder it's going to be to focus on the passages. Good luck!

 

[threefive]

Is it weird that my average is 7-9 (10 on a really good day) for EK but the online TPR Cracking exams give me 4-5s...I'm just so confused. I might as well not be reviewing. I did the entire TPR Verbal book and I'm on test 11/14 for the EK 101 passages book. i've done so much practice and every time it's online, the scores go WAYY down

 

[FlightlessBird]

I do the same thing. If I have it narrowed down, I just ask myself which one is most like the main idea, and it's usually right.